Pacifica Seafood Restaurant

If you are in the mood for fresh seafood dishes like baked oysters, crab louie and ceviche, you are in for a treat at the Pacifica Seafood Restaurant. Located on El Paseo in the Palm Desert, it is open for reservations most times of the day from lunch until late-night snacks and drinks. See the menu here.

Not only will the menu wow you at Pacifica, but the elevated outdoor terrace that is shielded from the beating sun or other types of weather, will not have you forgetting what you love so much about the Californian desert. This is the spot to bring people who you want to impress with the ambiance.

If you’ve come for the drinks, you are in the right place. Pacifica’s vodka bar is outstanding, with over 150 bottles in stock and any vodka drink only $7 in the bar. This vodka bar is one of a kind in the Coachella Valley and comprises vodka from more than 20 countries. Happy hour is from 3 until 6:30pm every day in the bar. But, it gets better. On Wednesdays and Sundays, happy hour is extended until 9:30 and Tuesdays mean half priced bottles of wine.

Of course, you’ll also come here for the food and they boast “the freshest seafood in the desert”. With seasonal and special event menus, their regular menu is also a treat. Grab a Moscow Mule in a copper mug and then enjoy starters like the Kim Chee Martini, roasted beets, bacon wrapped medjool dates, the renowned Mulligatawny soup or the blue cheese wedge salad. Dinner will mean sugar-spiced salmon, mustard catfish, or go over to the meat side for pork carnitas Yucatan or the pan roasted bone-in breast of free range chicken.

You don’t want to miss dessert either, as the Pacifica ice cream pie is rich and delicious and the almond crusted ricotta cheesecake will have your mouth watering.

You can get the half-portions menu, which lets you have some bits and bites of the best menu items, while enjoying your drinks and friends (or your solitude). If you like to eat early, the sunset dinners menu is a true bargain. With two courses, you’ll only pay $20.75 a person, but you are guaranteed to be full and happy.

And since the food, drinks and ambiance are so great, you definitely have to expect that the service will just as outstanding. The servers here are very attentive and will help you to decide on the best menu choices.